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. 2020 Jun:78:123-125.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.04.060. Epub 2020 May 1.

Telephonic triage before surgical ward admission and telemedicine during COVID-19 outbreak in Italy. Effective and easy procedures to reduce in-hospital positivity

Salvatore Tolone  1 , Claudio Gambardella  2 , Luigi Brusciano  1 , Gianmattia Del Genio  1 , Francesco Saverio Lucido  1 , Ludovico Docimo  1
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Telephonic triage before surgical ward admission and telemedicine during COVID-19 outbreak in Italy. Effective and easy procedures to reduce in-hospital positivity

Salvatore Tolone et al. Int J Surg. 2020 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Pandemic; Severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2; Telemedicine.

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Telephonic triage questionnaire for evaluation of COVID-19′ risk.
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